Remgro traces its roots from Voorbrand Tobacco Company that was founded in the 1940s by Dr Anton Rupert.Remgro was incorporated in 1968 as Rembrandt S.A. Limited , a wholly owned subsidiary of JSE listed Rembrandt Group. In 2000, the Rembrandt Group of companies underwent a corporate restructure that led to the consolidation of the group's investments from four to two publicly traded holding companies i.e. Remgro and VenFin. VenFin acquired the group's technology-orientated assets while Remgro acquired the traditional assets. After the spin-off of the BAT stake in 2008, Remgro and VenFin were merged again in 2009.
